Posts Tagged by Paul Scott
Forbes Magazine Deliberately Misrepresents the Case for Electric Vehicles
| October 6, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
I honestly don’t know what to make of supposedly honest and professional reporters who write articles that deliberately misrepresent the case for electric vehicles. Here’s Forbes Magazine’s recent piece Electric Cars Are An Extraordinarily Bad Idea, by Louis Woodhill. And here’s the truth, a rebuttal in which Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott exposes Woodhill’s article for what it is: a litany of disinformation.
Always the gentleman, Scott’s tone is polite and respectful. Mine isn’t. I’m infuriated that millions of people were exposed to this concatenation of distortions and outright lies. If I were Forbes, I’d be deeply ashamed, and I’d certainly refuse to accept another syllable from Woodhill.
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Electric Transportation, Fossil Fuels, and "Internalizing the Externalities"
| September 1, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Do you have a clean energy story that you’d like to tell the world?
One day each month, I shoot a series of short television shows called the “2GreenEnergy Video Report” in which I interview folks with interesting stories to tell at a television studio. The shows air throughout the month on a local channel here in Southern California — but, perhaps more important, we host the videos on YouTube and this website where they get some really good, longer-term exposure.
If you’re interested in being a part of this process, please check out the sample below, and let me know if you’d like to participate. Read More
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Chrysler’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle
| April 15, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
I just came across this article on Chrysler’s plan to offer a natural gas-based car in 2017.
I know this sounds like a strange reaction, but personally, this cheeses me off. I see it is an attempt to confuse and distract the consumer from alternate fuel vehicles, so Big Auto can sell more internal combusion engines and Big Oil can pump more gasoline for a few more years while the market scratches its head and tries to sort this out.
Of course, Chrysler is free to choose whatever product marketing strategy it cares to. But the net of this decision will be only two things:
a) An ultimate failure for Chrysler (and the tax-payers who bailed them out after their last many decades of failure). There is no way in the universe that CNG (even though it’s cheap now) will become a viable fuel for the US long-term. How much more will they need from us to cover this fiasco?
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b) A short-term confusion and turn-off for the consumer, as it will serve to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the evolution to EVs.
As always, not everyone sees it the way I do. I just spoke with Plug-in America co-founder and heavy-duty EV advocate Paul Scott. Paul welcomes Chrysler’s idea, and (though he didn’t say it) clearly thought I was half crazy for my reaction to the news.
But hey — it’s a difference of opinion that makes horseraces.
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Nissan Delivers the LEAF
| December 14, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
My friend Paul Scott (EV/renewables consultant and all-around good guy) announced that his employer, Nissan/Renault, began its transition to electric in earnest on Saturday. In his blog on electric transportation, he points out:
Nissan could have delivered the first LEAF to a celebrity to get maximum coverage but, to their credit, they delivered it to Olivier Chaloudi, CTO of a tech company in the Bay Area who happened to be the first person to put down a $99 deposit. I like that!
I love the pure joy with which Paul writes. He’s not afraid of calling out the bad guys, but there is no nastiness in any aspect of his bearing — least of all his wonderful command of the written word. Tell it like it is, Paul.
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Paul Scott and the Nissan Leaf
| August 29, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
When my friend Paul Scott, co-founder of Plug-In America took a trip to Yokohama last June to test drive the Nissan Leaf, I never dreamed it would include a private lunch with CEO, Carlos Ghosn — and ultimately — a gig selling the Leaf at Santa Monica Nissan. If you’re in town and want a great EV made by a team truly committed to the future of clean transportation, ask for Paul. Tell ‘em Craig sent ya.
See his blog post on the subject here.
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How Sincere Are the Large Auto OEMs in Their Integration of Electric Vehicles?
| July 2, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
My friend Paul Scott of Plug-in America has me convinced that the large auto OEMs – the Nissans and GMs of the world – are sincere in their integration of electric vehicles. But watching this process unfold surely does test one’s faith. For instance, take today’s announcement from Chevrolet Volt Marketing Director Tony DiSalle to the effect that GM plans to produce 10,000 Volts by the end of 2011, and an additional 30,000 Volts during 2012 (compared to approximately 7 million vehicles that run on fossil fuels).
Cynic Sam Jaffe, a research manager working on distributed energy strategies at IDC Energy Insights, believes that the extremely high miles per gallon of each Volt will help GM to continue to sell large numbers of gas-guzzlers and still remain within the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations.
Who knows? I suppose this disturbing announcement does require a theory, but I’m not ready to adopt that one – which I would describe as somewhere between bad faith and pure evil.
Having said that, I have to comment again that big business and big government in the US seem to be doing their level best to trail the pack in terms of clean energy and transportation.
But why?
I sure wish I knew.
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Electric Transportation and the Environmental Trade-offs of Electric Vehicles
| June 15, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Here’s another segment of a recent episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report in which Paul Scott of Plug-in America discusses electric transportation with me. Here, he talks about the environmental trade-offs represented by electric vehicles.
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Paul Scott of Plug-in America Discusses Electric Vehicles on the 2GreenEnergy Report
| June 9, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Here’s the full 30-minute show in which Paul Scott of Plug-in America appeared on the 2GreenEnergy Report, and discussed electric transportation and renewable energy in great depth. We did our best to pack the conversation: consumer acceptance, the changing role of the power utilities, pushback from the oil companies, the level of sincerity of big auto, etc.
Thanks again, Paul.
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Paul Scott of Plug-In America Speaks on the Auto Companies
| June 9, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Here’s a clip of Paul Scott of Plug-In America talking with me about auto OEMs on the 2GreenEnergy Report.
Full 30-minute show on electric transportation here.
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Paul Scott on the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
| June 6, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
In this segment of the 2GreenEnergy Report, Plug-In America’s Paul Scott speaks with me on one of my favorite subjects: the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve. Readers may have noticed that I’ve try to get at this subject “eight ways from Sunday,” and I thought Paul added some terrific insight. See if you agree.
Full 30-minute show on electric transportation here.
